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The Illusion of the Epoch Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 47 Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed
By Franz Borkenau
Copyright 2010
288 Pages
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Routledge
British thinkers have considered Marxism primarily as a body of economic and social doctrine. They have concentrated attention on the class struggle and the alleged decline of capitalism but Marxism is also in a wide sense of the word, a system of thought and conduct comprising views about the principle purposes of human life. This book discusses this philosophy – the metaphysics, ethics and... Read more
Part 1: Dialectical Materialism 1. Marxist Realism 2. Marxist Naturalism Part 2: Scientific Socialism 1. Historical Materialism 2. Marxist Ethics
Biography
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